Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kermit

#904 most common boys' name of all time · #2,082 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#904
Rank overall
#2,082 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
16,472
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1919 #256
Best rank
#175 1909
Girls Boys peak 431/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Kermit first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,748
2022 — 6 6 #10,927
2018 — 10 10 #7,647
2017 — 5 5 #12,323
2015 — 7 7 #9,623
2014 — 13 13 #6,331
2013 — 7 7 #9,721
2012 — 7 7 #9,758
2011 — 6 6 #10,881
2010 — 8 8 #8,851
2009 — 12 12 #6,837
2008 — 7 7 #9,930
2007 — 10 10 #7,618
2006 — 13 13 #6,121
2005 — 6 6 #10,215
2004 — 12 12 #6,168
2003 — 9 9 #7,284
2002 — 11 11 #6,123
2001 — 7 7 #8,401
2000 — 13 13 #5,323
1999 — 13 13 #5,060
1998 — 12 12 #5,189
1997 — 9 9 #6,148
1996 — 22 22 #3,217
1995 — 23 23 #3,026
1994 — 20 20 #3,351
1993 — 21 21 #3,159
1992 — 20 20 #3,240
1991 — 20 20 #3,132
1990 — 16 16 #3,638
1989 — 31 31 #2,213
1988 — 26 26 #2,317
1987 — 33 33 #1,905
1986 — 19 19 #2,702
1985 — 31 31 #1,883
1984 — 38 38 #1,591
1983 — 37 37 #1,600
1982 — 37 37 #1,631
1981 — 41 41 #1,507
1980 — 44 44 #1,438
1979 — 61 61 #1,161
1978 — 76 76 #992
1977 — 66 66 #1,066
1976 — 84 84 #907
1975 — 87 87 #887
1974 — 71 71 #972
1973 — 84 84 #869
1972 — 99 99 #806
1971 — 94 94 #841
1970 — 119 119 #755
1969 — 116 116 #725
1968 — 116 116 #702
1967 — 122 122 #676
1966 — 110 110 #708
1965 — 116 116 #693
1964 — 175 175 #600
1963 — 165 165 #611
1962 — 170 170 #596
1961 — 187 187 #580
1960 — 165 165 #611
1959 — 149 149 #634
1958 — 149 149 #630
1957 — 171 171 #587
1956 — 183 183 #562
1955 — 187 187 #544
1954 — 220 220 #487
1953 — 228 228 #467
1952 — 214 214 #477
1951 — 233 233 #441
1950 — 231 231 #439
1949 — 233 233 #437
1948 — 209 209 #461
1947 — 286 286 #405
1946 — 244 244 #408
1945 — 245 245 #380
1944 — 249 249 #380
1943 5 323 328 #341
1942 — 294 294 #356
1941 — 271 271 #356
1940 — 300 300 #331
1939 — 284 284 #328
1938 — 299 299 #319
1937 — 294 294 #313
1936 — 303 303 #306
1935 — 278 278 #327
1934 — 269 269 #332
1933 — 267 267 #329
1932 — 269 269 #335
1931 — 252 252 #347
1930 — 279 279 #333
1929 — 275 275 #335
1928 — 241 241 #378
1927 — 283 283 #346
1926 — 313 313 #322
1925 — 303 303 #333
1924 — 276 276 #358
1923 — 292 292 #344
1922 — 309 309 #330
1921 6 323 329 #328
1920 6 382 388 #287
1919 — 431 431 #256
1918 — 409 409 #263
1917 — 264 264 #339
1916 — 263 263 #328
1915 — 322 322 #273
1914 5 401 406 #206
1913 — 207 207 #267
1912 5 165 170 #277
1911 — 89 89 #278
1910 — 136 136 #194
1909 — 139 139 #175
1908 — 58 58 #286
1907 — 34 34 #387
1906 — 39 39 #334
1905 — 37 37 #336
1904 — 19 19 #514
1903 — 12 12 #695
1902 — 16 16 #555
1901 — 17 17 #486
1900 — 6 6 #1,302